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Essays on the contribution of public infrastructure to private production and its political economy
Stephan, Andreas - 2001
between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467016
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International trade and labour markets
Braun, Sebastian Till - 2010
rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467258
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Die Transformation des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Berlin/Brandenburg unter Berücksichtigung der Exporte : eine empirische Analyse mit amtlichen Mikrodaten
Mangelsdorf, Stefan - 2009
on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449074
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Mandatory Works Councils in Germany: Their Effects on Productivity and Profits
Müller, Steffen - 2009
-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …
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Land Security, Efficiency and Productivity, and Rural Income in China
Zhang, Yanjie - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353281
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And they all lived happily ever after?: exploring the possibilities of mobilising the internet to promote a more enabling accounting for occupational pension schemes
Paisey, Catriona; Paisey, Nicholas J. - 2006
The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which pension accounting represents an enabling or emancipatory accounting. Many countries are facing a so-called “pensions crisis” which is reflected in and arguably, to some extent at least, is precipitated by accounting. Occupational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435349
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Pension funds and urban investment: four models of financial intermediation
Clark, Gordon L. - 1997
It has been often suggested that public and private pension funds should be, and could be, mobilised to invest in urban infrastructure, housing, and community development. In fact, given the apparent decline in government funding of such areas of concern, it has been suggested that pension funds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441466
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Why should they care? The role of institutional investors in the market for corporate global responsibility
Clark, Gordon L.; Hebb, Tessa - 2005
Institutional investors, primarily pension funds, drive global financial markets. The result is investors vulnerable to the risks companies face in global consumer and capital markets. Though some market risks are inevitable, others, such as reputation risk, can be mitigated through increased...
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The functional and spatial structure of the investment management industry
Clark, Gordon L. - 2000
Most pension funds use an extensive array of service providers to administer and manage their financial assets. In this paper, I sketch a 'map' of the functional structure of service provision and the apparent spatial configuration of those elements. Theoretically, the paper could be thought...
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